Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage

June 28, 2007 | Posted in Freebies | 68 Comments »

I didn’t know what exactly to call them, but I’ve seen these shapes appear in many places across the design world. I’m calling them “teardrop foliage.” I think they are cool shapes, and they are relatively simple shapes, so they are very versatile and can be used in many different ways. I spent some time putting together a free set of Illustrator brushes to help you create these shapes quickly and easily in Illustrator. If you don’t use illustrator, I have EPS and SVG source files for you to download. Enjoy the brushes!

Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage

Screenshot:

Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage

A Closer Look:

Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage

Using the brushes:

Typically, to get the best results you should follow this rule: The longer your path is, the smaller the head on the brush should be. (the rounded part at the end). Illustrator is going to stretch your brush to fit the size of the path that you draw, therefore, if your path is really long, the rounded shape at the end will get stretched quite a bit. That’s when you switch to a smaller brush head. The opposite applies to smaller paths. the smaller your path, the bigger the head on the brush because it isn’t going to stretch much at all.

Don’t forget to play with your stroke size. A distorted brush stroke at 1px might look fine at .25px.

Download CS3 Version:

Download

Includes: – Illustrator CS3 Brush Library (1)

Download CS1 Version:

Download

Includes: – Illustrator CS1 Brush Library (1)

Download the AI file:

Download

Includes: – Illustrator 10 Source File (1)

Download the EPS file:

Download

Includes: – Vector EPS Source File (1)

Download the SVG file:

Download

Includes: – Vector SVG Source File (1)

Installation:

Even though it has an .ai extension, the file you downloaded (if you downloaded one of the Brush Libraries) is an “Illustrator Brush Library,” not an actual Illustrator file. You will not be able to open the file in Illustrator.

1. Unzip the File.

2. Copy or move the file to your Illustrator > Presets > Brushes folder.

3. Restart Illustrator If it was open during installation.

After you restart Illustrator, you will be able to load the brushes by clicking on the little arrow in the upper right corner of the brushes palette.

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68 Responses to “Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage”

  1. Bruce Jun 28, 07 at 8:52 pm

    These brushes are just what i needed for my artwork!! Awesome!

  2. Dana Jun 28, 07 at 9:08 pm

    GREAT AWESOME work! Thanks for your generous contribution!

  3. milkberry Jun 28, 07 at 10:19 pm

    you are made of awesome!
    ^_^ thanks you made my day!

  4. Shery Jun 29, 07 at 1:32 am

    Nice brushes thanks Bitt

  5. Robert Jun 29, 07 at 2:40 am

    Thank you. This set is very nice and saves a lot of time :-) Again good work…

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  7. Robert Jun 29, 07 at 4:01 am

    Made my weekly badge on my blog to credit your work :-) Also on my german blog.

  8. Respiro Media Jun 29, 07 at 4:07 am

    Thanks for these brushes! :)

  9. pixey Jun 29, 07 at 4:56 am

    thx for that!

  10. bevy Jun 29, 07 at 5:20 am

    Great brushes! Thanks!

  11. zenparadox Jun 29, 07 at 6:36 am

    you rock. srsly.

  12. calisota Jun 29, 07 at 7:54 am

    these are great, although they look a little like sperm…but non the less. excellant

  13. Lamiseaunet Jun 29, 07 at 9:52 am

    Thanks for these so useful tools !

  14. Amber Yount Jun 29, 07 at 10:20 am

    You are so awesome :)

  15. wilder212 Jun 29, 07 at 12:21 pm

    “…a little like sperm”? These ARE sperm. There’s no way I’d use these shapes in anything I did for a corporate client. They’d laugh me right out of the office!

  16. df Jun 29, 07 at 1:11 pm

    These are awesome!
    thanks!

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  18. Ali Jul 1, 07 at 4:37 pm

    this is the first time i m visiting this website…anf its really awesome….whoever u r u r doing a really gud deed for us (designerz)…thnx buddy….keep it up…. ill be ur regular visitor man….

  19. Vasil Tonev Jul 3, 07 at 6:53 am

    wonderful and hady brushes :)
    thanx

  20. Raquel Jul 3, 07 at 7:05 am

    I love your site. I’m a newbie in the graphic arts so i will ask you question that you may think is silly… Can you please tell wich version i should download for the use on the Corel Paint Shop Pro 11? Really thanks. Please answer to raquelaramalho@gmail.com

  21. lounge Jul 4, 07 at 7:38 am

    er I still have CS2… which one do I use?

  22. lounge Jul 4, 07 at 7:41 am

    it’s cool. I got it… Using CS1 VERSION :D

    Thanks.. they are awesome!!!

  23. Bethany Jul 6, 07 at 7:30 am

    You come up with the coolest things. LOVE these. Thank you 100 times over.

  24. Tino Triste Jul 9, 07 at 4:30 am

    downloaded thanks

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  26. ryuneo Jul 10, 07 at 10:48 am

    Your brill, thanks

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  28. Chris Jul 13, 07 at 2:31 am

    Hi Bitt,
    just wondering if I am allowed to request these in PSD or TIFF files for PSCS 2 as I don’t have Illustrator. With many thanks in advance.

  29. Anon Jul 25, 07 at 2:23 am

    It looks like sperm

  30. Respiro, the logo design guy Jul 25, 07 at 3:10 am

    “It looks like sperm”

    I think you have a point here… :)

  31. Debbie Holmes Aug 5, 07 at 5:36 pm

    Thanks!!! I’m working on a school project and this is wonderful!

  32. OMG Aug 20, 07 at 12:14 am

    omg this is the kind of stuff i’ve been looking for, for the past year, all the foliage, splatter brushes, the AWESOME FONTS, and all the others, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

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  34. erika Sep 3, 07 at 7:24 am

    man, you are the best! :D thanks for sharing all these high quality brushes. how i wish i could create my own

  35. dulce Sep 12, 07 at 7:22 pm

    delicious!, thanx so much for your work, and thanx for sharing. So good!!

  36. habuhabu Sep 17, 07 at 10:17 pm

    awsome

  37. vijay Oct 17, 07 at 1:50 am

    friends,
    plz let me know whether i can use these brush in CS2. the brush looks really good.i like it.

    Thanks.

  38. Rahul Singh Jan 18, 08 at 10:03 pm

    Well this Question might have been asked a lot of time, but still may I know which download set i must use for Photoshop CS 2….

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  41. jewellery Mar 6, 08 at 8:17 am

    It just generally looks better that way as well (what I’m referring to is the smaller head on the longer stalk.) These are actually great. I haven’t done any design work where they would suit, but I can see straight away where I could have used them in the past. They most certainly would have added some great affect to those pieces. I’m pretty sure I’ll definitely find a place to use these for the future; thanks again!

  42. oil painting reproductions May 13, 08 at 4:44 am

    That’s beautiful! This is great in making headers and logos.

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  45. Welcome to Paradise Jun 30, 08 at 9:34 am

    Cheers mate this looks awesome. I’ve already downloaded this brush and I can’t wait to use it in my next design.

    Thanks again mate.

  46. Rat Bastard Aug 27, 08 at 5:51 pm

    You didn’t know what to call them? Your brushes look like SPERM. I can get pregnant just by looking at them. Excellent job!

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  48. Gaby Nov 25, 08 at 3:58 pm

    i had some trouble downloading these brushes! i have illustrator 10 and it doesnt seem to be working any help?

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  54. Dave Curd Apr 23, 09 at 1:23 pm

    Cool! I see you’ve enjoyed my Computer Arts Magazine tutorial from January 06! It would have been nice to get credit. Ah well, getting paid for the tutorial is thanks enough. http://mos.futurenet.com/pdf/computerarts/ART135_tut_1.pdf
    Naughty dude.

  55. JOMANA May 4, 09 at 5:50 pm

    ^_* THANKS

  56. Jaspal Singh aka jsxtech Jun 14, 09 at 8:12 pm

    Thanks for sharing awesome brushes.

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  60. Art is Awesome Sep 28, 09 at 11:41 am

    can you brushes be used in illustrator cs

    thanks

  61. Marilyn Oct 21, 09 at 12:46 pm

    Thanks a bunch for the brushes!

  62. amey Nov 30, 09 at 8:00 am

    people like you who contributes makes people like us work with so much ease..
    hats off..
    cheers..
    amey..

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    can you make a ps7 version please D:

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